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FO 371/163056

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file relates to the formal investigation into the loss of MV Dara.

FO 371/163057

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file contains: Correspondence relating to an article in the Karachi Morning News about the continued threat of bomb attacks on Gulf passenger liners (47) Cuttings from the Kuwait Times reporting on the inquiry into the sinking of the MV Dara (48) Correspondence relating to the balance due to the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company John Lewis as a result of the earnings forfeited while he was attending the Dara inquiry in London (49) Copies of the report of the Court following the inquiry into the sinking of the MV Dara (50, 55) Request that

FO 371/163055

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file contains: Transcripts of proceedings from the eighth to the tenth days of the inquiry into the loss of the MV Dara, held on 28-30 March 1962 (36, 38, 40) Transcripts of reports, broadcast on Voice of the Arabs, about the inquiry into the Dara (37) Request for confirmation that there would be no objection to the return to Kuwait of one of the witnesses in the Dara inquiry (39)

FO 371/163051

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file relates to a formal investigation into the sinking of MV Dara, owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited. More than 200 people died in the incident on 8-9 April 1961 near Dubai.

FO 371/157050

Inquiry into loss of UK merchant ship Dara in Persian Gulf, 1961

This file concerns the investigation into the sinking of MV Dara.

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